Human Rights Special Procedures – what are they?
“Special procedures” is the general name given to the mechanisms used by the Human Rights Council of the UN to address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all…
1 Goal – Education For All
The goal of providing universal primary education by 2015 seems to be slipping out of reach according to the Global Campaign For Education (GCE) According to a UNESCO Global Report…
Work of the Christian Brothers with Former Child-Soldiers in Sierra Leone Acknowledged
The work of the Christian Brothers in providing psycho-social and educational support to young people traumatized by war in Sierra Leone was acknowledged in a recent article in the local…
Rome Conference of Catholic NGO’s
Edmund Rice International participated in the forum for Catholic-inspired Non-Government Organizations working with the UN which was held in Rome last month.
United Nations Conventions – what are they?
There are more than 500 written international agreements or treaties registered or filed and recorded with, and published by, the Secretariat of the UN since 1946 which deal with issues…
ERI makes joint submission as part of the Universal Periodic Review of Kenya
Edmund Rice International recently joined with five other NGOs to prepare and submit a report to the Human Rights Council.
ERI at Caritas conference on Children and HIV/AIDS
Brian Bond travelled to Rome in October to make a presentation at a Conference on the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and TB among children.